Bottle-washing machine



{No Model.)

A ROUSE l BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 10, 1895.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ALBERT HOUSE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-WASHINo MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,048, dated December10, 1895. Application led December 2l, 1894. Serial No. 532,592. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT RoUsE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBottle-Washing Machines, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in a bottle-washing machine; andthe objects of my improvement are to provide a tubular rotating shafthaving a regulating` check-valve and to render the machine simple inconstruction and operation and easy of application. I attain theseobjects by means of the machine illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of my entiremachine. tudinal view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional longitudinalview of the check-valve. Fig. 4 is an end view of the machine.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a plate adapted to be fixed on any suitable standard and having thearms B and O.

D is a tubular shaft, having the collar E and pulley F keyed thereon,the said pulley E being adapted for a belt of any suitable arrangementfor power to be transmitted thereto for rotating the shaft D.

G is a tubular jacket mounted in the arm O, having a thread g at one endadapt-ed to receive the connection of a hose or pipe for the conveyanceof the water to be used and a thread h at the inner end.

H is a packing-ring, in the recess k of which is any suitable packing land which is adapted to iit over the tubular shaft D and is threaded tobe arranged on the inner end of the jacket G, which has a correspondingthread h.

The shaft D is j ournaled in the said tubular jacket G and is not onlymounted to rotate in the bearing-arm B and jacket G, but is also Fig. 2is a sectional longition shown in Fig. 3 and away from the valveseatA Lis a slotted plate fixed on the outer end of the jacket G and engagingin the groove of the head s of the valve K. The said head s is smallenough to allow an annular space between it and the interior surface ofthe By attaching the hose on the threaded end g of the jacket Gwater isforced, as usual, to the said jacket, but is kept from the tubular shaftD by the head m of the valve K, which is then in the position shown inFig. 2. Vhen the bottle is put over the brush and the tubular shaft Dpressed inward until the collar E rests against the arm B, the head m ofthe valve K is forced away from the valve-seat, as shown in Fig. 3, anda free flow of the water is allowed through the tubular shaft D, thusallowing it to go in the bottle while the brush is rotated by the shaftD, in which it is fixed, as stated. When the bottle is removed and thepressure relaxed, the head m of the valve K is at once brought in thevalveseat by the force of the spring H and the flow of the water checkedby the said head fm, which is in the position shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent and claim l. In a bottle washing machine the combination of atubular shaft, a tubular jacket fitted over the end of said shaft, avalve arranged in the end of the tubular shaft which is adapted toreceive it as described, a grooved head on the outer end of the valvestem, a plate fixed on the outer end of said jacket and engaging thegroove in said head, and a spring having one end against the end of thetubular shaft and the other against the grooved head, substantially asset forth.

2. In a bottle washing machine the combination of a plate and two armsin which is j ournaled a tubular shaft having a collar thereon andprovided with a pulley for rotat- IOO ing said shaft, L tubular jacketfitted in one of said' a-ilns and over said shaft, a Valve a1- mnged inthe end of the tubular shaft which is adapted to l'eceivet as desclibed,a grooved head on the outer end of the valve ste-n1, a plate xed on theouter end of said jacket; and engaging the groove in said head, a Springhaving one end against the end of the tubular shaft and the otheragainst the grooved head, a packing; ring adapted to fit ovel` saidtubular shaft and the inner end of said jacket, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 26th day of 1 5November, A. I). 18941.

ALBERT ROUSE. VitneSSeS:

GEO. D. Cox, Jr., H. DUNHAM.

